A man has died from horrific injuries - which included having his hand almost completely severed - after being stabbed and tied up during a brutal home invasion at Murwillumbah, on the NSW north coast.

'Mullet' Mick Martin was reported to have been released from a Gold Coast hospital a few weeks ago after receiving a stab wound to his eye in an earlier attack.

His son, Michael Martin Junior, 25, was tied up and forced to watch as his father was tortured by the attackers on Friday.

Mr Martin, who did not survive the horrific ordeal, suffered two wounds to his chest and one of his hands was almost severed.

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Michael Martin Sr, pictured after an attack in 2010, died after he was brutally attacked by intruders who broke into his home